Pictorial device.



No. 687,155. Patented Nov. l9, I90l.

J. A. IMHDF. I

PICTORIAL DEVICE.

' Application flle'd Apr. 8, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

JOSEPH A. IMHOF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO H. A. THOMAS & VVYLIE LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PICTORIAL DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 687,155, dated November 19,1901.

Application filed April 8, 1901. Serial No. 54,795. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. IMHOF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pictorial Devices, of which the following is'a specification.

My invention relates to pictorial devices, and has for its object the production of simple and inexpensive means whereby blanks, sections, or cut-outs of paper, cardboard, or the like may be joined to form structures having the three dimensions of height, breadth, and depth. This is accomplished by placing blanks or sections having corresponding configurative and pictorial representations together, so that one is behind the other, with a space intervening, thereby producing a more life-like effect.

To facilitate the explanation of my invention, I have embodied it in the accompanying drawings, it being of course understood that constructional changes may be made within the scope of the claims.

Figure 1 is a view embodying my invention of the blank or section forming the back ground. Fig. 2 is a view of the blank or section forming the front part of the structure. Fig. 3 shows the two blanks or sections joined to form a complete structure. Fig. 41s a top edge view of Fig. 3. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show modifications. Fig. 8 is a sectional view through the blank or section B, as shown in Fig. 2, broken off and exaggerated, so as to show the bars 6 Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

I shall describe a pictorial device embodying my invention and afterward point out the novel features in the claims.

A indicates the blank or section utilized to form the background of the structure, which in this instance is shown as a cage for wild animals, such as is used in menageries. This background is provided with four slits a, adapted to receive the tongues 12 of the blank or section B, the said tongues passing through the said slits to the rear side of the blank or section A, so as to be hidden from view, thereby fastening the two blanks or sections together at or near their ends, while leaving the central portion free. The blank or section B represents the front of the structure, (in this case shown as the outside of a cage,) provided with the bars 12 the spaces 12 between the bars being cut out, so that the blank or section A is visible. As the blank or section B is made somewhat longer than the blank or section A, the former curves out away from the latter, as shown in Fig. 4, leavinga space between, so that the structure can be stood on its edge and when viewed from its front-side has the appearance of being a cage inclosed by walls and bars.

Upon the blank or section forming the background there may be a representation of some wild animal, or if the structure formed should be of a different kind, such as a house or a room,-&c., the picture would be suited to the subject. For instance, if a room was shown the walls, windows, pictures hanging on the wall, furniture, and persons would be pictured on the background, the front blank or section being made to represent the outside of the house, with windows cutout, so that the interior would be visible. I

Instead of printing in black and white or with colors the configurations, persons, &c., might be stamped in relief or shown by other means. When the blanks or sections are manufactured, they may be printed and have the outlines and cut-away portions stamped out or they may be simply printed and sold without being stamped out, the purchaser himself cutting away such portions as may be indicated on the blanks or sections to be removed. The slits and tongues likewise may be stamped out or simply shown by means of printed lines.

As the blank or sectionB extends behind the blank or section A, the portions a of the said blank or section A are exposed and must therefore be stamped or printed to form a pictorial and configurative continuation of the outside of the structure as represented on the blank or section B.

In Fig. 5 is shown a modification, an additional blank or section 0 being added and fastened by means of tongues inserted through slits in the tongues of the blank or section B. In this case the blank or section B might show the outside of a house having windows cut out, the blank or section A the interior of the house having also windows cut out, so that the blank or section 0 would be visible, which latter blank or section could be made to represent the landscape on the other side of the house.

In Fig. 6 is shown still another form, the blank or section 0, somewhat smaller than the other blanks or sections, being fastened to the blank or section Ain a manner similar to that of B. Of course all the blanks or sections except the last one must be cut out in some way, so that the interior or double interior, as the case might be, would be exposed.

In Fig. 7 the blank or section B is show bent instead of curved.

Various other forms and combinations too numerous to mention are of course possible with the means given.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A pictorial device composed of two sections having corresponding configurative and pictorial representations, and means, including devices for fastening said sections together at or near their ends leaving the central portion free, for causing one of said sections to bend outward away from the other thereby enabling the structure thus formed to stand on its edge.

2. A pictorial device composed of two sections having corresponding con figurative and pictorial representations, and means, including devices for fastening said sections together at or near their ends leaving the central portion free, for causing one of said sections to curve outward away from the other thereby enabling the structure thus formed to stand on its edge.

3. A pictorial device composed of two sections having corresponding configurative and pictorial representations, one of said sections being longer than the other, and means for fastening said sections together at or near their ends leaving the central portion free, so that when fastened one of said sections will bend outward away from the other thereby enabling the structure thus formed to stand on its edge.

4.. A pictorial device composed of two sections having corresponding configurative and pictorial representations, one of said sections being longer than the other, and means for fastening said sections together at or near their ends leaving the central portion free, so that when fastened one of said sections will curve outward away from the other thereby enabling the structure thus formed to stand on its edge.

5. A pictorial device composed of two or more sections having corresponding configurative and pictorial representations, and means, including devices for fastening said sections together at or near their ends leaving the central portion free, for causing one or more of said sections to bend outward away from the other thereby enabling the structure thus formed to stand on its edge.

6. A pictorial device composed of two or more sections having corresponding configurative and pictorial representations, and means, including devices for fastening said sections together at or near their ends leaving the central portion free,'for causing one or more of said sections to curve outward away from the other thereby enabling the structure thus formed to stand on its edge.

Signed at New York, inthe county of New York and State of New York, this 19th dayof February, A. D. 1901.

JOSEPH A. IMHOF.

lVitnesses:

W. H. CAMMEYER, Jr., E. H. VAN SOHAICK. 

